And that’s not just CZBS but an actual day signed into effect by the governor of Maryland, home state still to both the Wray family farm (still there) and home of the Wray bros. during their signature musical era. And while the building where Link first played “Rumble” also still exists (car dealership in Virginia!) [...]

The Vandelles kill Surf City

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY

Band Vandelles was once two littler bands called Del Black Aloha and the Mercenary Gang—one a Suicide-style bit-drums and nihil set-up and one just half-hour rafts of noise, says guitarist Dave Herbert, who (with guitarist/vocalist Jason Schwartz, drummer Suzanne Pagliorola, bassist Lisha Nadkarni and a yet-unchristened drum machine) [...]